United Airlines holds plane for Claressa Shields, should return to Flint around 5:30 p.m.

FLINT, MI -- Authorities at Bishop International Airport say Olympic gold medalist Claressa Shields will be back in Flint around 5:30 p.m. after United Airlines agreed to hold a plane for her in Cleveland.

Authorities at Bishop said her plane was delayed in Washington due to "airport conditions," but United Airlines agreed to hold the connecting flight in Cleveland for the returning Olympian.

An exact time cannot be given for Shields' arrival because planes in Cleveland are now being forced to fly out of order, but she is expected to arrive between 5:30-6 p.m.

Community members will be allowed to gather on the first floor of the airport to welcome Shields back home.

Shields, the first woman from the United States to earn a gold medal in
boxing, will address the crowd from the second floor of the airport
terminal.

"The public is welcome to congregate on the (first) floor in front
of the police station," a statement from the airport says. ""We
request all well-wishers park in the economy lot and take the shuttle
bus over to the terminal building.